“I am grateful these accomplished individuals have agreed to join this Administration, and I’m confident they will serve ably in these important roles,” the President said in a statement Wednesday announcing Bell’s appointment as well as the appointment of many others. “I look forward to working with them in the coming months and years.”

Bell’s nomination will now head to the Senate for confirmation and approval, and if all goes well, she’ll step into the role that Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis held from January 2010 to July 2013.